1142 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL (eth. ann. 35 



coming across. Those were the ancestors of the tmmavni Meinogwins 

 of the I Qweq"sot!enox^. As soon as they arriAcd at the heacli, 



50 Waxap!alas5 |! invited them to come and eat in his house; and at 

 once I all the canoes came ashore, and the [visitors] went up the beach, I 

 walking behind the great supernatural man, Head-Winter-Dancer. ! 

 All wore head-rings and neck-rings of red cedar-bark, and | they 



55 went into the house of Waxap !alaso^. The || great supernatui-al 

 man, Head-Winter-Dancer, did not allow his tribe to sit in the 

 rear I ol the house. He wanted his tribe to sit next to the door | 

 of the house, and Waxap !alas6^ and his tribe were sitting in the rear 

 of the house. I Thus he said. And the ancestors of the ] numaym 



60 LeLEged obeyed his wishes, for || Head-WinteJ'-Dancer meant that 

 they should sit at the door of the house ol Waxap !alaso^, | in order 

 to drive them back if the tribe of j Waxap !alaso^ should try to 

 escape when they were frightened by his playing. That is | why 

 Head-Winter-Dancer wished the ancestors of the [ i.eLEged to sit in 

 the rear of the house. Then the crew of Head-Winter-Dancer ate. I! 



65 He himself did not eat. After | the tribes had eaten, the great 

 supernatural head--\vinter-dancer arose | naked; and at once one | 

 man arose also, and asked for batons from W^axap lalaso^. | Tlicn he 



70 was given many batons, and at once || the man distributed the 



48 moLa^ye xwaxwak'.una, yixa g"alasa ^nE^memotasa Memogwins yisa 

 Qweq"s5t!enox". Wa, giPEm^lawise g'ax^alisa lae Waxap !alaso^we 



50 LelHIhodEq qa g'axes ^wrta LJEXwa lax g'okwas. Wa, la^lae hex'^i- 

 daEm ^wi^la hSxHvidta laxes yae^yats'.e qa^s la hox^wiisdcsEla laxa 

 LlEma^ise ElxLaleda ^walase ^nawalak" bEgwanEme Ts'.iiqama^j^e. 

 ^naxwaEl L'.agEkwes qEx'Ema^ye LE=wis qEnxawa^ye. Wa, la^lae 

 hogwiL lax g'okwas Waxap '.alaso^we. Wii, la^lae k'!es helqlaleda 



55 «w&lase 'nawalakwe Tslaciama^yaxes gokiilotehe kliis-'alila ogwiwali- 

 lasa g'okwe, yixs haasl gwE^yos qa k!us^ali^latses g'okulota ostali- 

 lasa g'okwe qa he^mesLas la Waxap '.alaso^wa ogwiwalilases g^okwe 

 LE^wis g'oktilote, ^nex-'^lae. Wii, lit nanageg'eEm^lawjsa g-aliisa 

 'nE^memotasa LeLEgedit waldEms, yixs hae ^ne^nak'ilts Tsliiq^- 



60 ma^ye qa^s hii kliis^iilila ostalilasa g'okwas Wflxap!ala- 

 so^we qa^s a^mel k'iikimyalaLEx waxxa heltsixlts g'okidotas 

 Waxap '.alaso^we, qo lal k'il^idElts am^leneLas. Wii, hc^mis 

 lao-ilas -nek'e Tsliiqama^ye qa has ^wPla kliidzela g'alasa lble- 

 gede ogwiwalilasa g'okwe. Wa, laEm^lawise L'.Exweda ^wPla leElotas 



65 Ts'.aqama^ye. W"a, lalaLa k'!es L!aL!awalax hae. Wii, g'ipEm^la- 

 wise gwal L'.EXweda lelqwalaLa^ye laa^lase Eiix^ulilcda ^walase ^nawa- 

 lakwe' Ts'.iiqama^ye xa-'nala. Wii, liex'idaEm-iawisa -'nEmokwe bE- 

 gwanEm Liix^iilil ogwaqa qa^s lil diik'Iiilax tlEmj^ayii lax Wtixap'.a- 

 laso^we. Wa, lil^lae ts'.aso^sa q!enEme t!et!Emyaya. Wii, hex'^ida- 



70 Em^lawiseda bEgwanEme la ts'.awanaesasa tIetlEmyayo laxes g'okfi- 



